. >> reporter: handing out some of that cash, bay area congresswoman jackie spear, who helped fund the buyback with some of her own campaign money. for spear, the issue is also personal. she was wounded in a shooting that killed her boss, congressman leo ryan, during the jonestown massacre in 1978. >> for every gun we take off the streets, that means one less gun that can get into the wrong hands and kill a child, or kill an adult, or maim someone. >> reporter: after the event, spear tweeted this photo of a military style weapon someone turned in for $200 in cash. >> this one is 100 rounds. there's no purpose for this kind of a magazine in a civilized society. >> reporter: monte francis, "today in the bay." >> jackie spear's office said yesterday netted a total of 680 guns, that includes 24 assault weapons. they handed out $63,500 in cash. >>> meantime, senator di ann feinstein said her weapons ban will be an uphill battle in congress. >>> there was a similar march across the country in washington, d.c., thousands of people joined a silent march through the nation's capitol. among thos